Departmental Consultations

Thursday, 30 November 2023

Questions (270)

Carol Nolan

Question:

270. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total number of consultancy reports commissioned or funded by his Department that have been categorised or designated as not for external publication from 2011 to date; the total costs incurred on commissioning or funding these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52994/23]

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Written answers

Minister for Defence (Deputy Micheál Martin)

The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not readily available, but my Department is retrieving and collating the information requested and I will arrange to have it forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

I refer to the above referenced Parliamentary Question for which it was not possible to provide a reply within the available timeframe. In the period for which the information was sought, there were a number of commissioned reports that were not published. However, the total number of consultancy reports commissioned or funded by my Department that have been “categorised or designated as not for external publication” from 2011 to date, including the total costs incurred on commissioning or funding these reports are set out below:

€	Number of Reports	Cost
2021	1	€3,198
2022	1	€12,453.75
2023	1	€32,314.56

Total	3	€47,966.31